Re: SPEC: I. lazica and I. cretensis

For what it's worth, I. unguicularis died and I. lazica has thrived
(thriven?) tho hasn't bloomed in several years under my benign neglect &
moderately stressful growing conditions.  Both were a gift from Rick
Tasco and Roger Duncan & I don't know where they came from originally,
so can't comment as to the accuracy of the names.  But there was
definitely a difference in ecological adaptation of the two! <g>

Bill Shear quoted Aaron Davis and Stephen Jury, the authors of the
account of Series Unguiculares:
"This species [I.lazica] is easily separated from I. unguicularis by its

flat, wider, more or less unribbed leaves and larger fiddle-shaped
falls.
It also occupies a completely different ecological niche."

Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
dreary & cold again, threatening snow after several gorgeous sunny days
in a row.
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